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brucewarming

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Each department (IE) MPD has radios that can be switched from talk group to talk group. Each radio has a (ID) and this ID is transmitted with each radio call. With PRO96COM software that can be downloaded from the front page here you see it log each radio ID number, it then gets saved to a file named (radios) you will also see the talk groups that that radio is transmitting on, so it is a 2+2 thing. Problem with the PRO96COM software is that you can not hear the audio (on a PRO 96 Radio shack scanner) as the computer logs the traffic. By having two scanners side by side you could do better. This software is also used with the Bearcat scanners and I think they will also do audio as you log. I don't think the local PD or fire have the ability (YET) but plan on having the ability to GPS and ID all calls and log them unit by unit.
Knowing each units number has no real interest to me, but knowing what department is using each talk group is interesting.
 

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brucewarming said:
Each department (IE) MPD has radios that can be switched from talk group to talk group. Each radio has a (ID) and this ID is transmitted with each radio call. With PRO96COM software that can be downloaded from the front page here you see it log each radio ID number, it then gets saved to a file named (radios) you will also see the talk groups that that radio is transmitting on, so it is a 2+2 thing. Problem with the PRO96COM software is that you can not hear the audio (on a PRO 96 Radio shack scanner) as the computer logs the traffic. By having two scanners side by side you could do better. This software is also used with the Bearcat scanners and I think they will also do audio as you log. I don't think the local PD or fire have the ability (YET) but plan on having the ability to GPS and ID all calls and log them unit by unit.
Knowing each units number has no real interest to me, but knowing what department is using each talk group is interesting.

I tried it with the 396T. it doesn't work in the same manner. you can only use a Uniden scanner as a second radio. to get the info you are getting from the RS scanner, I would have to tap the discriminator. I have done this on an older scanner for a data decoder (like for pagers) but don't really want to try this on my 396T. if I ever get a 996T, I think I would try it.
 

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Hi Bruce and WV gang,

brucewarming said:
This software is also used with the Bearcat scanners and I think they will also do audio as you log. I don't think the local PD or fire have the ability (YET) but plan on having the ability to GPS and ID all calls and log them unit by unit.
Knowing each units number has no real interest to me, but knowing what department is using each talk group is interesting.
Actually, the latest Pro96Com now has a profile for the newer Unidens (250 & above with digital card) which allow you to hear traffic on them as the program decodes from the Pro96/2096 IF/PC port. I use a 785D.

However, in a busy system, only one ID can be heard but many may be decoded simultaneously. This would be the same if you had two Pro 96's side by side. One may also use ID hold button in the program for holding voice traffic on the parked scanner as well.

We all owe Mike V double thumbs up for this great utility. We, your neighbors, would be SOL with the GRE scanners on our new statewide STARS system if naught for Mike's latest version as well as Don Starr's latest Win96. Could be you guys may still be looking for your table as well. I saw a hint of another table for your system, any truth to that?
 

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mike_s104 said:
I tried it with the 396T. it doesn't work in the same manner. you can only use a Uniden scanner as a second radio. to get the info you are getting from the RS scanner, I would have to tap the discriminator. I have done this on an older scanner for a data decoder (like for pagers) but don't really want to try this on my 396T. if I ever get a 996T, I think I would try it.
Mike, if you have a 96 or 2096, hook it up to Pro96Com, hook your 396 up to the PC with it's cable. Run Pro96Com Click Edit>Scanner Control which will produce this dialog. Select 396 in the pull down and match your Control Port and Port Speed.

BTW, your Pro96com needs to be the latest and have the 396 profile in the same folder with the program exe and ini file
 
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Mike, if you have a 96 or 2096, hook it up to Pro96Com, hook your 396 up to the PC with it's cable. Run Pro96Com Click Edit>Scanner Control which will produce this dialog. Select 396 in the pull down and match your Control Port and Port Speed.

BTW, your Pro96com needs to be the latest and have the 396 profile in the same folder with the program exe and ini file

thanks for the info. I did do that before but the problem is I don't have a 2096 or 96. I could set the freq. on the 396t with the software but that was about it. I guess there is no way to use that application with the 396t without a RS model. thanks again. :)
 

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fmon: I haven't seen a new table, but expect that any time there could be one. I would think there could be other tables being used in other parts of WV.
 

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mike_s104 said:
not like I am trying to get them to smuggle national secrets out meeting them at a covert location using disposable cell phones and code names to contact each other.


"Grey Goose to Red Squirrel, Grey Goose to Red Squirrel..."
"This is Red Squirrel, over"
"What's the TG ID xxxx used for?"
"Grey Goose, I need to go, I think I my cover has been blown!!!"


Correct, however sometimes in LEO what happens at work should stay at work.
It's up to the worker to decide it the job is worth giving the gift.
 

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FYI: Boone County is planning on having their simulcast TRS up and operational before the end of the year. Apparently, they ran into several technical issues that caused a significant delay in the construction of their TRS, which has led them to completely rethink the entire system approach from a new direction. Thankfully, Boone County was able to receive federal funding that will help expedite matters considerably.

When completed, Boone County's TRS will be fully integrated into the the West Virginia Interoperability Radio System. Moreover, this move will allow for total and complete interoperability within the entire county among all public safety first responders, but eventually throughout the entire state. County officials hope to have the new system online by the end of the year or sooner. These measures will bring Boone County's 9-1-1 and radio system into the 21st Century, and give residents peace of mind that their lives are protected by state-of-the-art radio technology.
 

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Thanks Thunderbolt, thats the news I've been waiting to here. I'll finally be able to monitor this system since I'm in the next county.
 

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Tg 1507

I heard Jefferson County dispatch for units to watch for a vehicle going toward MD. about 1min after, I heard traffic on 1507 referring to the dispatch from Jefferson Co. one said he would check with headquarters about it. so, I'm not really sure what the TG is being used for. I don't think it's Berkeley County since it does not conform to the other TG numbers for Berkeley County.

I'm thinking it's Jefferson County Sheriff's Dept or more likely State Police.
 
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WV ST Police in Berkeley County

The Hagerstown, Maryland Morning Herald of 9/8/2006 has an article about coverage problems with Berkeley Counties new system. Among other concerns the Sherrif's Dept said that they had not able to communicate with the WV State Police since May. The article said "An upgrade of the state police detachment's equipment to join the system is about 75 percent complete". Looks like the Martinsburg detachment will be on the WV Interoperability Radio System soon.
 

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VA Hospital in Martinsburg

I heard on the Martinsburg VA Hospital freq someone getting a radio check. he said he was trying out their new radios the county was using. he said something about using the new radio on the "fire side". he was not on the new system but on their own freq. I wonder if they are going to incorporate the VA system into the P25 system?

second thought...could they have the county's old radios hence the "new county" radios for them?
 
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heard more traffic on TG 1507. they were talking about overtime, some software to log the dog usage. they mentioned in an example, Charles Town, Ranson, and a few other places in Jefferson County. I am thinking this is the Jefferson County Sheriff's Dept TG.
 
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